Edward Kris
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Q: Safari 9: Can't disable private browsing

Hi there! I really need some help. I wanted to remove private browsing on my Safari 9, and I have found a lot of posts, websites and threads on how to remove private browsing, and mainly, this is what I found:

 

1. Go to applications folder in Finder

2. right click (with a mighty mouse or 2 button mouse, or Control+click for one button mice) on safari and choose "Show Package Contents"

3. Go to Contents, then Resources, then English.lproj folder (or a respective folder for whatever language you have maybe)

4. Double click on MainMenu.nib to open it in interface builder

5. look at the window with the safari menu, click on Safari to expand it, then click on the Private Browsing menu item.

6. hit the delete key and it disappears!

7. hit command+s to save, close interface builder if you want, and relaunch safari.


So, I followed the steps up to the 4th, whereas I noticed that MainMenu.nib doesn't exist in my English.lproj. So, with that, I couldn't do anything. I tried opening the other MainMenu.nib s for French, German, etc, but all were just pictures and didn't have ACTUAL contents. I really need help with this. I was gonna uninstall Safari, but as I use El Capitan I couldn't, which I then noticed that on El Capitan you can't delete Safari. Please do help me.

 

[SIDE NOTE] The most reason why I want to disable private browsing is because of any form of explicit results that is unsuitable for certain ages. So what came across my mind is enabling SafeSearch for Private Browsing, but since when you close a private window all the cookies are removed, the SafeSearch option doesn't save (in which I wanted it to). Based on this thread by Google: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/mJ-BUVoLA08

It indicates that I can use SafeSearch on private windows if I enable third-party cookies. I couldn't figure out how to do so, so if you can't solve the first question, please do help me with this one if you can.

 

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

- Edward

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 1:40 AM

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  • by Edward Kris,

    Edward Kris Edward Kris May 17, 2016 5:59 AM in response to see_popp
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    May 17, 2016 5:59 AM in response to see_popp

    Thank you so much for this great reply.

    It is a splendid way of actually force enabling Safe Search, however, I am afraid this is still not what I need fully.

    The problem with this solution is that it is very simple to disable Safe Search, as it is not locked.

    Do you perhaps think that there is a way to make it locked rather than simply enabled? Is there a ping address for keeping it locked, if so, could you provide me the address?

     

    Thank you once again for this great solution. Really appreciate it.

    Looking forward to a solution that will officially solve this problem, I know we're getting closer.

    Thanks!

    Edward.

  • by see_popp,

    see_popp see_popp Jun 20, 2016 8:55 AM in response to Edward Kris
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    Jun 20, 2016 8:55 AM in response to Edward Kris

    Edward,

     

    Glad I could help! The trick I posted last month has worked for me so far, because while Safesearch isn't officially locked, you can't turn it off unless you go back and edit the hosts file, (which can be very tricky, and perhaps impossible for a young child to do).

     

    I am unaware of a way to force-lock Safesearch, and Finding out how is beyond my technical skill, so someone else in the community might have to raise their hand to help you with that!

     

    I hope your journey comes to an end soon!

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